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  • INDUSTRIALIST VICTOR LIM ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF FFCCCII

    INDUSTRIALIST VICTOR LIM ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF FFCCCII

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    MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) today April 6, 2025, announced the election of industrialist and philanthropist Victor Lim as its new President following a three-day biennial national convention and three rounds of voting by 800 delegates representing 170 Filipino Chinese business chambers and organizations. The…

  • DOT sees tourism boost with Air Canada’s direct flight from Vancouver to Manila

    DOT sees tourism boost with Air Canada’s direct flight from Vancouver to Manila

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    Air Canada flight AC017 from Vancouver touches down in Manila on Thursday (Apr. 3), marking the historic launch of the direct Manila-Vancouver route MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) sees a significant boost in the Philippines’ leisure and business tourism with the establishment of Air Canada’s direct flight connecting Manila and Vancouver. Tourism Secretary…

  • Benguet flower town continues to increase tourism revenues

    Benguet flower town continues to increase tourism revenues

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    By Liza Agoot BONTOC, Mountain Province – The municipality of Atok, known for its vast agricultural lands that produce flowers, continues to make a mark as an eco-tourism destination.  Joanna Mae Balao, municipal tourism operations officer, said on Friday their visitor arrivals have been increasing, thus giving both the locals and the local government unit higher…

  • Search, rescue efforts continue 1 week after Myanmar quakes

    Search, rescue efforts continue 1 week after Myanmar quakes

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    ISTANBUL – Search and rescue efforts remained underway Friday, one week after powerful earthquakes devastated central Myanmar, leaving thousands dead and injured. The death toll rose to 3,145, with 4,589 injured and 221 still unaccounted for, Xinhua News reported. The country has recorded 66 aftershocks since the initial tremors, with magnitudes ranging from 2.8 to 7.5.…

  • New Covid-19 variant on the rise in Australia

    New Covid-19 variant on the rise in Australia

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    KARACHI, Pakistan – Australia is facing the regular emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus more than five years since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. The latest variant – LP.8.1 – is on the rise, making up close to one in five Covid-19 cases in New South Wales, local broadcaster SBS News reported Wednesday. It…

  • Hospitals told to observe lifting of 45-day PhilHealth benefit limit

    Hospitals told to observe lifting of 45-day PhilHealth benefit limit

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    The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has reminded healthcare facilities that implementation of the lifting of the 45-day benefit limit starts on Friday. In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview, PhilHealth Senior Vice President for Health and Finance Policy Sector, Israel Francis Pargas said the move allows members to use their benefits for the whole year…

  • CREATE MORE roadshow makes 1st int’l stop in Seoul

    CREATE MORE roadshow makes 1st int’l stop in Seoul

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    The Board of Investments (BOI) will lead the first stop of the international roadshow for Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy (CREATE MORE) in Seoul, South Korea on April 7. The BOI said Philippine Business Forum next week at the Grand Hall of the Korea Chamber of…

  • Baguio residents can now pay taxes, fees using GCash

    Baguio residents can now pay taxes, fees using GCash

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    By Liza Agoot BAGUIO CITY – In a bid to further make transactions with the city government easier and more accessible, payment using the online financial platform GCash is now allowed. “We want to give our taxpayers more ease in transacting with us. We are still negotiating with other online providers and banks that can accommodate…

  • Lawmaker: Executive privilege legal, used under Duterte admin

    Lawmaker: Executive privilege legal, used under Duterte admin

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    The decision by several Cabinet officials to skip a Senate hearing on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte was a valid exercise of executive privilege and well within constitutional bounds, a House of Representatives leader said. House Assistant Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said invoking executive privilege to excuse Cabinet officials…

  • DMW assures readiness to aid OFWs in Taiwan amidst rising tension

    DMW assures readiness to aid OFWs in Taiwan amidst rising tension

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    The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has assured its full readiness to activate its contingency plan to assist and protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan as tension with China continues to escalate. In a statement on Friday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the DMW is in close coordination with Manila Economic and…